Brian MacDonald is the President and CTO of BGIdeas Consulting - a boutique consultancy specializing in enterprise architecture in the energy and utilities industry and mobile application development for IOS. Prior to starting his consulting business he worked as a Solution Architect in IBM Global Business Services and was a member of IBM's Global Center of Competency for Energy and Utilities.Over the past 10 years he has led the architecture, design and implementation of utility smart metering solutions which include advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and meter data management systems (MDMS). He was regularly called on to consult with utilities who are in the process of developing AMI strategies and selecting AMI and MDMS technology vendors.During his 20 years of experience in the Information Technology industry Brian has held roles in development, architecture, project management and personnel management.Specialties: Energy and Utilities, complex systems integration, mobile application development, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and meter data management systems (MDMS).